UV Solutions Brightening + Tinted Sunscreen vs Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz: which is safer?
Goddess Garden Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz is the clear pick. Clinique UV Solutions Brightening + Tinted Sunscreen carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Clinique
UV Solutions Brightening + Tinted Sunscreen
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
Possible1,4-dioxane as a trace contaminant in surfactants and emulsifiers
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in preservative systems
Our pick
Goddess Garden
Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
PossibleSkin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils
Where these two actually differ
- We flag 1,4-dioxane as a trace contaminant in surfactants and emulsifiers and Formaldehyde releasers in preservative systems on the Clinique and not on the Goddess Garden.
- We flag Skin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils on the Goddess Garden and not on the Clinique.
- Both carry a flag for Fragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components, so neither choice avoids it.
- The Clinique is sunscreen lotion with unspecified waterproof binders where the Goddess Garden is mineral-based UV filters, plant-derived waxes, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Goddess Garden is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Clinique grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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